INTER MILAN downed Juventus 2-0 at San Siro in the Serie A clash tonight.
Arturo Vidal and Nicolo Barella were on the scoresheet as Inter drew level with league leaders AC Milan.
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THAT’S ALL FROM SAN SIRO
Inter Milan picked up a comfortable 2-0 win over Juventus in the Derby d’Italia at the San Siro.
Inter controlled the tempo throughout the entire encounter and opened the scoring after just 12 minutes when Nicolo Barella’s perfect cross from the right found Arturo Vidal who headed the ball to the back of his former club’s net to score a goal which he didn’t celebrate.
The Nerazzurri could have doubled their lead before half-time if Lautaro Martinez hadn’t missed in front of open goal shortly after Vidal’s opener.
But Lautaro’s miss didn’t cost Antonio Conte’s team as Barella doubled the lead in the 52nd minute thanks to a clinical strike.
But that goal comes down to Alessandro Bastoni’s incredible cross from defence, which saw the ball reaching the midfielder in Juventus’ half – that was definitely the best assist in the Serie A this season.
Although the Bianconeri came close to a goal with Weston McKennie’s header and Federico Chiesa’s strike they still failed to respond.
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CONTING BLESSINGS
Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte hinted that Inter Milan could be capable of challenging for the Serie A title this season.
Conte described his team as “credible” and suggested there’s more to come this term.
The Inter manager told Sky Sports: “I saw a credible Inter, after a year and a half of work Inter are back to being credible.
“Sorry for the elimination in the Champions League, we could have done more, but the disappointments must heal the wounds “.
OWNING UP
Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo insists that only he holds responsibility for tonight’s result.
Pirlo told Sky Sports: “We were too slow to make the ball turn in front, we wanted the one against one of Chiesa and on the other side the insertion of Ramsey.
“We found few through balls between the midfielders, the game was too slow.
“First of all, always wrong the coach, I take my responsibilities . “
NEW LO
Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo admitted that tonight’s performance against Inter Milan was indeed below par.
Pirlo told Sky Sports: “We were thinking about tonight’s match, we had the wrong attitude from the start.
“When you don’t have the anger to win duels it becomes difficult. We didn’t take the field, we were too passive. We were fearful, we were afraid of Inter’s attacking game, we only thought about being defensive, not too aggressively.
“A bad defeat, we didn’t expect it, we couldn’t have had a worse race than this. We play a final on Wednesday.
“In these games you have to put the same desire and anger as others to be on the same level. We have not put in the agonistic enthusiasm and this is the result ”.
TONI AWARD
Alessandro Bastoni enjoyed a marvellous night at the San Siro.
Not only did he participate in Inter Milan’s first win over Juventus in almost five years…
Not only did he produce what seems to be the best assist of the season…
But he also made history…
THE ART-IST
Inter Milan star Arturo Vidal opened the scoring against his former club and believes the Nerazzurri have what it takes to win the title this season.
Vidal told Sky Sport Italia: “It’s important for me, for the team, it was a very difficult game against the best team in Italy.
“I am glad to have scored my first goal for Inter, very happy. I think we proved today that we are up to the task of challenging for the Scudetto.
“This gives us the confidence to keep pushing, to believe we can win the Scudetto, as we beat the strongest team over the last nine years. We believe that we can go all the way.”
UPDATED TABLE
Inter Milan now have the same amount of points as rivals and Serie A table-toppers AC Milan but remain second.
Juventus, on the other hand are seriously falling behind as they are fifth with seven points separating them from the top.
Juve, though, still have a game in hand and are expected to take on Napoli in the near future.
If the defending Italian champions don’t snap out of it soon, though, then the title hunt could turn into a Milan affair…
STATS
Juventus barely got most of the possession as they dominated 51.2 per cent.
However, that did nothing for Juve as they never managed to control the tempo at the San Siro.
Inter produced a total of 17 shots, five of which were on target, compared to the Bianconeri’s nine shots, of which four of them were on target.
The Nerazzurri got the better of what was the Serie A’s joint best defence as they won 71.4 per cent of tackles
FT: INTER MILAN 2-0 JUVENTUS
Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte completely outpalyed Juventus manager Andrea Pirlo at the San Siro.
A composed and patient performance from Inter led to a comfortable victory over a hapless Juve, who lacked some serious creativity in attack as well as solidity in midfield and key players in defence.
The hosts opened the scoring after 12 minutes when a beautiful cross from Nicolo Barella found Arturo Vidal who headed the ball to the back of his former club’s net.
Inter could have doubled the lead before half-time if Lautaro Martinez hadn’t missed in front of open goal shortly after Vidal’s opener.
Juventus struggled to get back in the game and saw their hopes of equalising destroyed in front of their very own eyes in the 52nd minute.
That was when Alessandro Bastoni produced an incredible cross from defence, which saw the ball reaching Barella in Juve’s half.
The midfielder got a beautiful touch and beat Wojciech Szczesny for the second time in what marked the best assist of the season.
Juventus were completely unable to get back in the game as they missed chances with Weston McKennie’s header and Federico Chiesa’s strike
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PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
AND THAT’S IT AT SAN SIRO!!!!!!!!!
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90+1 CHANCE!
Hakimi runs the ball down the right flank where he has been brilliant all night!
He fires a shot but just misses Szczesny’s right post!
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90 Five more minutes of added time until the end of the match.
Inter still have time for a third
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87 WHAT A CHANCE!
Juventus miss a major opportunity to get back in the game!
McKennie plays a billiant one-two in the box with Chiesa, who fires a beautiful shot but Handanovic saves with a brilliant lunge to his right.
That would have turned the last few minutes into an epic encounter!
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85 SUBSTITUTION
Looks like we won’t see Lautaro scoring after all as he comes off and makes way for Sanchez
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82 This hasn’t been his night, but then again no Juventus star has managed to stand out.
Inter have been dealing with Ronaldo brilliantly all night!
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80 Only 10 minutes left until full-time at the San Siro.
Inter seem to be sealing a major result that comes as no surprise considering the two teams’ performnaces.
Conte has outplayed Pirlo with his tactics based on patience and pressure.
Juventus have seriously struggled throughout the match
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76 SUBSTITUTION
Vidal comes off and makes way for Gagliardini.
An impressive performance from the ex-Juventus star who showed class after his goal
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75 CHANCE
Ronaldo fires another desperate shot that goes wide!
This just sums up Juventus’ performance at the San Siro; no ideas and just hoping for the best…
Juve are struggling to create threats and leave so much space at the back for Inter’s wing-backs to exploit
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72 SUBSTITUTION
Inter boss Conte brings in Darmian, who replaces ex-Manchester United team-mate Young
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71 CHANCE!
Lautaro misses another big opportunity to get on the scoreboard!
Lukaku passes him the ball during another lethal counter-attack but the Argentina international’s curling shot just misses the target as the ball brushes Szczesny’s left post.
That is Lautaro’s third big chance of the night!
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70 Only 20 minutes remain until half-time and Inter have become very comfortable at the San Siro.
The hosts are now controlling possession and tempo whereas Juventus are running out of solutions in their search to get back in the game.
So far they have had one big opportunity with McKennie and that’s it!
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67 YELLOW
Barella gets booked for a rough challenge on Chiellini.
The Inter star was on the ground as a result of the clash but the referee still shows him the yellow card
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65 Has Bastoni ever produced a better pass than he did tonight…?
Well, the bar has been dramatically raised at the San Siro!
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64 Inter have been on fire this season as they are launching a serious title bid.
But so is Barella!
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61 WHAT A CHANCE!
Juventus come so close to respond and get back in the game!
Juve get a corner kick and a cross is delivered to McKennie.
The American jumps higher than anyone else and gets the header but the ball goes to the safe hands of Handanovic!
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